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[CITE: 16USC2626]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
             CHAPTER 46--PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES
 
             SUBCHAPTER II--STANDARDS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES
 
Sec. 2626. Reports respecting standards


(a) State authorities and nonregulated utilities

    Not later than one year after November 9, 1978, and annually 
thereafter for ten years, each State regulatory authority (with respect 
to each State regulated electric utility for which it has ratemaking 
authority), and each nonregulated electric utility, shall report to the 
Secretary, in such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe, respecting 
its consideration of the standards established by sections 2621(d) and 
2623(b) of this title. Such report shall include a summary of the 
determinations made and actions taken with respect to each such standard 
on a utility-by-utility basis.

(b) Secretary

    Not later than eighteen months after November 9, 1978, and annually 
thereafter for ten years, the Secretary shall submit a report to the 
President and the Congress containing--
        (1) a summary of the reports submitted under subsection (a) of 
    this section,
        (2) his analysis of such reports, and
        (3) his actions under this chapter, and his recommendations for 
    such further Federal actions, including any legislation, regarding 
    retail electric utility rates (and other practices) as may be 
    necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(Pub. L. 95-617, title I, Sec. 116, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3128.)
